Table 2.
Sociodemographic variables between children with NAFLD and controls
| Demographic variable | NAFLD (N = 42) Number (%) |
Controls (N = 373) Number (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family income (SLR) | |||
| < 10,000 | 3 (12.5) | 37 (9.9) | |
| 10,000–24,999 | 14 (33.3) | 145 (39.1) | 0.58 |
| 25,000–49,999 | 17 (40.5) | 146 (39.1) | |
| > 50,000 | 8 (19.0) | 45 (12.3) | |
| Maternal Education | |||
| Primary or less | 6 (14,3) | 42 (10.9) | |
| Up to O/L | 24 (57.1) | 248 (66.4) | 0.39 |
| Up to A/L | 11 (26.2) | 66 (17.7) | |
| Graduates | 1(2.4) | 17 (4.2) | |
| Paternal Education | |||
| Primary or less | 4 (9.5) | 37 (9.9) | |
| Up to Grade 10 | 23 (54.8) | 249 (66.7) | 0.59 |
| Up to Grade 12 | 11 (26.2) | 66 (17.4) | |
| Graduates | 3 (7.1) | 21 (5.6) | |
| Period of Gestationa | |||
| < 37 weeks | 18 (42.9) | 133 (35.5) | 0.66 |
| > 37 weeks | 23(54.8) | 216 (57.9.3) | |
| Breast feedinga | |||
| < 4 months | 14 (33.3) | 64 (17.1) | |
| 4–5 months | 12 (28.6) | 182 (48.8) | 0.02 |
| 5–6 months | 10 (23.8) | 87 (23.3) | |
| > 6 months | 3 (7.1) | 17 (4.6) | |
| Birth ordera | |||
| First in the family | 20 (47.6) | 167 (44.8) | |
| Second in the family | 18 (42.9) | 133 (36.2) | 0.50 |
| Third or higher | 00 (0.0) | 58 (15.8) | |
a missing data, SLR Sri Lankan Rupees